Lincoln - 18 months

Look how BIG I am!!!

Lincoln has had a VERY interesting 18 month "birthday." Since baby brother decided to make his appearance the day before, I hate to admit it, but we were a day late in taking our monthly picture... Surely he didn't change too much in one day!

Either way, Lincoln is not TOO sure about this little guy... We are "adjusting" shall we say...

But this post is all about Lincoln, so here goes! (And I know, he's gonna hate me for that picture!)

Lincoln now weighs *just* shy of 28 pounds, and is 34'' long. That puts him at 76% for weight, and 92% for height. He is wearing 24 months, and can wear 2t shirts (pants are still a tad big). We're still in a size 4 diaper, and we are up to a 6 extrawide shoe.

He is literally running everywhere, and trying his best to "hop." His favorite game of the moment: chase!

His vocabulary has really made a leap since the last entry! He'll attempt to repeat pretty much anything you ask him too, now. But his favorite words are: "tractor" "beep-beep" "ouch" and "naw" ( his version of no). We are pretty sure he is fluent in some foreign language; we just can't figure out which one it is!

And if you want to make this kiddo happy, all you have to do is find a tractor or a bulldozer! I bet we have 300 tractors/cars/pieces of equipment in our living room floor at any given moment. And you better not even think you're gonna mow without inviting Lincoln! Ashley is scared to death that someone is gonna call CPS on us for letting him ride on the mower... But it's his favorite thing!

Actually, as long as we're outside, we're generally happy. Here he's helping dad fill in some dead spots in the grass with fresh dirt and seed.

He's such a happy baby. Or Toddler. Or whatever.

His favorite foods: fruit twists, chicken nuggets, cheerios, madarin oranges, cheese, grapes, and juice. He's a good eater, and he wants to do it all by himself! Mr. Independent.

We are blessed to have lots of friends with kids Lincoln's age, so there's always someone to cause trouble with. I say we're blessed now... When they're teenagers, remind me that I said we were blessed.... ;)

We love you so very much, you little Stinker. There's nothing that makes my day more than one of Lincoln's big hugs and sloppy kisses...